Black-Tailed Prairie Dog
Cynomys ludovicianus
Also known as: Arizona Black-Tailed Prairie Dog, Chien-De-Prairie a Queue Noire, Perrito de La Pradera de Cola Negra, Schwarzschwanz-Prariehund
Habitat
Ground
Diet
PlantSeed
Active Time
Diurnal
Size
1.4 kg
LCMammaliaRodentiaSciuridae
Seasonal Activity
11,753 sightings · 2000–2026
Citizen science records via GBIF
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Sciuridae
Traits
- Diet
- PlantSeed
- Foraging
- Ground
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Body mass
- 1.4 kg
Photo
(c) Meghan Cassidy, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Meghan Cassidy
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Occurrence data from GBIF.